*All other pro gun groups are opposed to this bill. *This bill expands the Brady Bill, which used to be called gun control. *Note who the sponsor and co-sponsor are. *A crime could be a felony in one state and be a misdomeanor in another and would show up in NICS making someone prohibitted from owning. *What about states that prohibit sharing mental health information, those that would be prohibited would not be listed. Taxpayers would still be footing the bill for this law. *The bill would included domestic violence restraining orders and domestic violence misdemeanor records in NICS, even though many ROs are boilerplate for divorces when no violence has happended or threatened. In some places, yelling at a spouse is domestic violence so you could loose your right for do so. *The bill states "an adjudication as a mental defective occurs when a court, board, commission, or other government entity determines that a person, as a result of marked subnormal intelligence, or mental illness, incompetency, condition, or disease--(i) is a danger to himself or to others; or (ii) lacks the mental capacity to contract or manage his own affairs." A "board, commision or other government entity" does not provide due process and could find gun owners, Christians, conservatives, etc. as having "marked subnormal intelligence, or mental illness, incompetency, condition, or disease".
All? List, please. The NRA, by far the largest, is for -- GOA, clearly second, is against. I could not find a position for the JPFO, and I did search and browse their site. Past those three, I don't keep a roster.
*This bill expands the Brady Bill, which used to be called gun control.
The original Brady Bill called for a seven-day waiting period. Instant background checks were introduced, with the full support of every pro-gun group I know if, as a less-intrusive alternative.
*A crime could be a felony in one state and be a misdomeanor in another and would show up in NICS making someone prohibitted from owning.
If true, that's a bug to fix. It doesn't invalidate the concept. I don't use DOS any more. Anything new has flaws, so then you fix 'em. And go o to something new with new flaws, and then you fix them.
*What about states that prohibit sharing mental health information, those that would be prohibited would not be listed.
IANAL, but I believe that all 50 require pshrinks who believe there is an imminent threat to report same. No change.
*The bill would included domestic violence restraining orders and domestic violence misdemeanor records in NICS, even though many ROs are boilerplate for divorces when no violence has happended or threatened. In some places, yelling at a spouse is domestic violence so you could loose your right for do so.
Not new. That restriction was passed a decade ago. It is an issue, but not the present issue.